Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—Dem and GOP lawmakers offer dueling assessments of NLRB’s proposed joint-employer rule
- BENEFITS NEWS—PBGC’s SFA approval will give $35.8B to Central States multistate pension plan
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—E.D. Tex.: Mechanic fired after reporting allergic reactions to workplace substance advances ADA, WC retaliation claims
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—D. Md.: Black brick mason denied work, fired after threatening EEOC charge, advances bias and retaliation claims
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—D. Me.: College football coach’s claims of discrimination and negligence survive motions to dismiss
- DOL NEWS—Secretary of Labor shares resources for workers living with cancer
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Federal law prohibiting pre-dispute arbitration of sexual harassment and sexual assault claims not retroactive, New Jersey court confirms
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—The benefits of sabbaticals: attracting and retaining employees
- LABOR—D.P.R.: In discovery dispute, NLRB convinced court to award attorneys’ fees, bar further objections beyond privilege
- LABOR—UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES—NLRB: Medical marijuana business unlawfully discharged ‘budtender’ for union activity, despite alleged licensing risks
- OFCCP NEWS—Environmental cleanup contractor will pay $157K to resolve alleged hiring discrimination against Hispanics
- TORT CLAIMS—W.D. Wash. Counterclaim seeking declaratory judgment on patent inventorship created federal question
- USERRA, VETERANS—W.D. Wash.: Reservist on extended leave failed to show that employer’s leave policies violated USERRA and WLAD
- WAGE-HOUR—WORKING TIME—E.D.N.Y.: Tree trimmers’ overtime and unpaid wage claims survive summary judgment
- WORTH NOTING—Cases of note dealing with wage-hour issues
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